We had a fire in a part of the building unconnected with the Practice at the end of January. No-one was hurt, but smoke contamination throughout the building has meant that the Practice has been closed while we are 'deep-cleaned', repaired and re-decorated throughout. This has all taken much much longer than we anticipated.

We hope to be able to re-open the Practice in September. Please keep an eye on the website for further notices as we have had problems with emails and phone calls due to the effects of smoke contamination on electronic equipment. It is certainly worth a go though.

I am sorry for the disappointment and inconvenience our temporary closure may have caused.

Michael Monk

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Welcome to monkmedicalgroup

For nearly 35 years we have been treating the aches and pains and many other problems of the people of Colchester and North East Essex and beyond. One of the few doctors in the UK who has trained in osteopathy and acupuncture as well as conventional medicine, Dr Monk continues to help patients recover and get back on the road.

For years we have successfully treated patients with low back pain, sciatica, knee pain, hip pain, shoulder pain and the whole range of musculoskeletal disturbances. We treat headache and migraines, menopausal symptoms, restless legs syndrome, pelvic pain, irritable bowel and irritable bladder, and a whole host of other conditions as well. For further information on the conditions we treat, click here.

We have a special interest in long standing and chronic problems that don't seem to find an answer elsewhere, but above all we want patients to get back to exercise and physical activity and to recover their health.

BLOGS

​The only thing about me is the way I walk..........How you walk is important if you want to increase the health benefits of walking as exercise, according to some recent research from doctors in Copenhagen.....

and we now take cards....after a long time searching we have started using iZettle to take card payments from patients. This is a neat little card reader which works through a Bluetooth connection with an iPhone to process your card payment online. So far, it has worked very well and patients are pleased with the convenience this provides. Several patients who run their own small businesses have asked about the system and you can find full details here.

NewsAcupuncture shown to reduce fatigue in breast cancer patients A large-scale clinical trial has shown for the first time that acupuncture is effective in treating fatigue in former breast cancer patients. Fatigue affects hundreds of thousands of former cancer patients in the UK following their treatment, making it a huge health concern. The results are published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. more.........

'Dry mouth syndrome' or xerostomia helped by acupuncture.A new study (the ARIX trial) published earlier this year has once again shown the value of acupuncture in helping to reduce some of the distressing symptoms of this condition which can often follow radiotherapy treatment for cancers of the head and neck. more......

Acupuncture "shown to produce significant and clinically relevant reductions in pain" when used for treatment ofarthritis of the knee. British Medical Journal 4 August 2012 BMJ 2012;345;e4934

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